Caroline and her children
Following are a few pictures from a beautiful family. Caroline's parents are good friends of my parents, they're some of the sweetest people and always so much fun to be around. Unfortunately, the dad was out playing tennis when I took the pictures. The yard is just amazing, typical of the south of France, with gorgeous flowers and lots of little areas, a paradise backdrop for a family session.The 2 boys,Their dog, Jack, thinks he's human, once while sitting at their dinner table, I saw him [...]
Paris workshop 7
This new blog is an exciting tool, and I find myself up late at night editing pictures and uploading new images or surfing the net to view everyone's blog!Well, these are probably my last images to show, of the fabulous week in Paris under the teaching of acclaimed wedding photographers, Scott Robert Lim (http://www.scottrobertjournal.com/) and Kim Nodurft (http://www.kimnodurft.com/flash/main.swf), let me recommend their workshop to anyone interested in seriously improving their photography. T [...]
Paris workshop 6
A few more pictures from Montmartre and in front of the Moulin Rouge,We bought so many tickets to each get a ride on the carousel, and take several pictures,Our last big "field trip" was to go to Versailles, unfortunatly we discovered they have rigid rules and it would have been impossible for us to use our cameras, beside the tourist flow would have been overwhelming. Instead we went to Maisons-Laffitte's castle, which isn't all that popular, although magnificient, and we had the place just ab [...]
Paris workshop 5
It's exciting to have so many images to process, but it seems a never ending task!I took this image in Notre Dame, the candles gave such beautiful light to the people near them.View of the gargoyles of Notre Dame,Sherry with the beautiful candle-light,Back to Montmartre,Looking down to Paris from Montmartre,
Pauline and Jessika
More picture of my super models,Boy, does she have a killer smile!I've been in France for 6 weeks now, and it's time for us to return to Henry, we all miss him terribly. I'm very fortunate to have had a long visit with my family.That's it, I'll enjoy having these when I return to the US, I probably won't get to see them for at least a year, my brother and his family live in Africa.
Jessika and Pauline
These beautiful girls are my niece, blond, and her friend, brunette. After the Paris workshop I can't stay "tranquil" and I'm constantly looking around for subjects to photograph, so I hired Jess and Pauline for some practice, they did great and I had fun. Here are some of my favorites,My mother dressed Jess with a tunique brought back from a trip to India,It seemed at first that Jess was a little camera shy, but she quickly warmed up,Pauline, on the other hand was much more comfortable in fro [...]
Paris workshop 4
Sherry and Rachel on the steps of Montmartre,The day started with some rain and when we arrived to our destination the skies cleared, we have been very lucky with the weather through the week.We took these close to the top, and again attracted a lot of attention among all the tourist. We stayed very conscious of pickpockets and as we took turns taking pictures we would watch each others back and never ran into any problems.One of our assignment was to photograph each other, one challenge being [...]
Paris workshop 3
A few more pictures from our day at the Eiffel tour,This is the "male" group of the workshop, with Scott Robert in the front. This picture was taken after a nice dinner in a small restaurant in the quartier latin, at about 10PM, it stays bright pretty late here.Kim Nodurft had brought with her a lens baby, and was encouraging us all to try it, this is the picture I took with it, so I've added the lens baby to my long wish list. I really appreciated the opportunity to try new equipment.Leaving [...]
Paris Wedding Photography workshop 2
Day 1 was quite intense, after a portrait in natural light lesson at the hotel, we all (20 of us) went to the Louvre and on to Notre Dame. We provided a good bit of entertainment with our heavy equipment, we appeared as paparazzi following 2 Hollywood celebreties! and the locals didn't want to miss an opportunity to meet our stars!Rachel, our beautiful model. Rachel and Sherry posed for us endlessly with always a beautiful smile and grace, thank you to you both.Sherry in front of the Louvres, [...]
Paris workshop 1
What a wonderful experience this workshop was!Great teaching by 2 of the top leading wedding photographers, Scott Robert and Kim Nodurft, in beautiful Paris, France.All the stars were aligned for these amazing 5 days, the weather was nice, the group of photographers was just awesome people. It was, as our British fellows were saying, brillant.More pictures to come in the folowing days.